Collection

Peoples and Costume

The peoples of the islands as 18th and 19th century engravers saw them: Van Pers's Javanese scenes of about 1850, Temminck's plates of Timor, Borneo and Papua, Wahlen's costume atlas, wayang puppets, and the weapons and textiles of the archipelago.

184 sheets

By islandJava 61 Sumatra 9 Borneo 11 Celebes 9 Moluccas 11 Lesser Sunda 35 New Guinea 15

By periodThe spice race 5 The Company 26 Raffles to the Cultivation System 70 Netherlands Indies 74

Order: Price, high to lowPrice, low to high Oldest first Newest first

Set of 7

Peoples and Costume · Borneo

Set of 7 Decorative Antique Prints of Borneo, Timor and Papua Culture, ca. 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£1,785

Set of 10

Peoples and Costume · Java

Set of 10 Antique Prints of Wayang Puppets by Juynboll, 1900

1900 · 32 × 25 cm£1,255

Peoples and Costume

Antique Costume Prints, East Indies Figures & Tribal Dress, 1749

1749 · 24.9 × 32.1 cm£1,130

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of Javanese Locals Smoking Opium by Van Pers, circa 1850

1850 · 51.5 × 34.5 cm£1,005

Set of 8

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Antique Ethnographic Prints of Indonesia & Timor Islands, Set of 8, 1852

1852 · 17 × 26.3 cm£880

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Interior with Native Timorese and an European in Kupang, Indonesia, 1825

1825 · 50 × 33.5 cm£805

Set of 5

Peoples and Costume · Java

Title: Antique Javanese Costume Lithographs, Set of Five by F. Hardouin, c.1840

1840 · 22 × 29 cm£785

Peoples and Costume · New Guinea

Antique Print of Natives of New Guinea

Date not stated · 38.2 × 32.7 cm£685

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of Javanese Woman Selling Ketupat by Van Pers 'circa 1850'

1850 · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£670

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of Javanese Guards Dressed in Ornamental Costume by Van Pers

Date not stated · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£670

Peoples and Costume

Antique Hand-Colored Print of a Regent in the Dutch East Indies, 1854

1854 · 32.5 × 47 cm£645

Set of 12

Peoples and Costume · Java

Twelve Prints of Ethnographic Items of Batavia Published by J.W. Teillers '1910'

1910 · 27 × 37 cm£630

Set of 12

Peoples and Costume · Sumatra

Twelve Prints of Aceh 'Atjeh' Published by E.J. Brill, '1895'

1895 · 25 × 32.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume

Antique Print of Indonesian Children dressed up as Dancers, Van Pers circa 1850

1850 · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of a Javanese Chief Preparing for a Tournament by Van Pers

Date not stated · 51.5 × 34.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of a Javanese Poultry Merchant by Van Pers, circa 1850

1850 · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of Javanese Children Selling Candy by Van Pers 'circa 1850'

1850 · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of Javanese Stableboys by Van Pers, circa 1850

1850 · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume

Antique Print of an Indonesian Coal Miner by Van Pers, circa 1850

1850 · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of a Javanese Woman Selling Fruit in Indonesia, 1850

1850 · 34.5 × 51.5 cm£500

Peoples and Costume · Java

The Cockfight of Java: A 1601 de Bry Engraving of Cultural Pastimes

1601 · 20 × 30 cm£460

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Antique Print of the Tomb of the Raja of Taybeno on the Island Timor, 1825

1825 · 50 × 34 cm£445

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Print Weapons and Tools of Roti & Sawoe 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Print Weapons and Tools of Timor & Solor 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Antique Print with Various Furniture of Timor ‘Indonesia’, Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Antique Print with Fabrics of Timor and Rotti 'Indonesia', Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · New Guinea

Print with Papua Decoration 'New Guinea, Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Borneo

Antique Print with Weapons of Borneo 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Borneo

Print with Clothes and Utensils of Borneo 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Borneo

Antique Print with Tools from Borneo 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Borneo

Print with Religious Items from Borneo 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · New Guinea

Print with Weapons of Papua 'New Guinea, Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · New Guinea

Print with Items of Papua 'New Guinea, Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · New Guinea

Antique Print with Decorations 'New Guinea, Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Borneo

Antique Print with a Native of Borneo ‘Indonesia’ by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Antique Print with a Native of Solor 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Antique Print with a Native of Timor ‘Indonesia’ by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£375

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Rare Full-Length Portrait of a Native from the Indonesian Island Timor, 1825

1825 · 33.5 × 50 cm£370

Peoples and Costume · New Guinea

Antique Print of Artifacts from the Haven of Doreri, New Guinea

Date not stated · 31.2 × 39.2 cm£370

Peoples and Costume

A Malaysian Girl Carrying Goods by Karl Joseph Brodtmann, 1836

1836 · 26 × 32.5 cm£370

Peoples and Costume · Sumatra

Coffee Picker Portrait, Deli Plantations, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, c.1900

1900 · 34 × 45 cm£370

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Antique Print with a Native of Sawu 'Indonesia' by Temminck, circa 1840

1840 · 31 × 45 cm£360

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Earliest Depiction of Bali, Dutch Engraving of the King of Bali, c.1601

1601 · 18.2 × 24 cm£325

Peoples and Costume · Sumatra

Batak Warrior Portrait, Sumatra, C J Kleingrothe, Dutch East Indies c1910

1910 · 34 × 45 cm£320

Peoples and Costume · Java

Antique Print of Inhabitants of Java (Indonesia) by Honegger (1845)

1845 · 26 × 35 cm£315

Peoples and Costume · Sumatra

Batik, Sifting Rice & Women Working, Antique Photogravure of Batak People 1900

1900 · 34 × 45 cm£310

Peoples and Costume · Java

Decorative Antique Print of Traditional Weapons of the Javanese, Indonesia, 1830

1830 · 36.5 × 24.5 cm£300

Peoples and Costume · Lesser Sunda

Print of Timorese Ladies Playing Harp & Drinking Tea in Kupang, Indonesia, 1825

1825 · 50 × 33.5 cm£300

About Peoples and Costume

European books described the peoples of the archipelago from the first voyages, at first by hearsay and later from life. The French and Dutch expeditions of the early 19th century brought artists who drew the people of Timor, Roti, Savu, Solor and Papua, their weapons, tools and textiles.

This collection holds the costume plates of Wahlen, Berghaus and Hardouin, Temminck's ethnographic plates, A. van Pers's lithographs of Javanese daily life, wayang puppets and gamelan instruments, and the plates of Javanese court dress and dance.

Explore

By maker, by subject and by place.

Places

Batavia (Jakarta) 126 Bantam (Banten) 25 Ambon 29 The Banda Islands 16 Ternate and Tidore 7 Makassar 12 Aceh 19 Kupang and Timor 14 Bali 9 Medan and Deli 18 Surabaya 7 Buitenzorg (Bogor) 4 Krakatoa and the Sunda Strait 8

Subjects

The spice trade 33 Volcanoes 12 Sugar and sugarcane 24 Tobacco and coffee 11 Wayang, gamelan and dance 16 Weapons and the kris 6 Governors-General 36 Ships and fleets 26 Sea charts 14 Town plans 10 Tools, textiles and ornament 16 Ferns of Java 12 Butterflies and insects 11 Birds 11 Tropical fruit 21 Costume and court dress 26

Questions

What are wayang?

The shadow and rod puppets of Javan theater, cut from leather or carved from wood, used to perform the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Javanese stories with a gamelan orchestra.

Are these ethnographic prints respectful?

They are records of how 18th and 19th century Europeans saw the peoples of the islands, with the accuracy and the prejudice of their time. The best, such as Temminck's, were drawn from life and objects.